The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16

utes. but receiving no recognition lie walked
away.
The clergyman thon passed around into tho
north co rit'or and from the gallery overlooking
the scaffold took a view of that grim structure
Then he returned and paced nervously back
ward and forward in front OF the cells contain
ing the fated four
1t was now 30 o'clock and not thirty feet
away from the coming victims tho massive
iron barred door was changing constantly, adj
Uniting crowds OF newspaper men and Deputy
Sheriffs, crowding the little room almost 10
suffocation and indulgng in loud buzz of con-
versation that coul! be heard plainly in the
cells. Nearly everybody in the room was smok-
ing. and, what with the fearful feeling Of de-
preston felt by the most hardened the place
was nearly unendurable
Meanwhile the Rev. MIR. Bolton who had
walked down the line of cells and received but
cold recognition from the men inside, betook
himself to the northeast corner OF the Jail yard
where the gallows stood. The reverend gen.
tleman closely scanned 10 from the gallery, and
then returned again and looked into the cells.
but did not talk to the occupants while they
were writing Following the example of Spies,
Parsons and Fischer called for writing material
and were busy writing when Mr. Bolton re-
turned on his second visit.
DIR Gray, the Assistant County Physician,
called on the prisoners about SO o'clock and
aeked them ifIthey required any stimulants.
Parsons, Spies, and Fischer refused. but Engel
drank three glasses OF port wine.
DIR. Gray asked IL more was required and re-
ceived an answer In the negative. He, how
ever. left three more glasses Of wine beside the
uOOlneu man. Parsons FISCHER, ana SpleS were
still busy writing when DIR. Grays visit was
made. and their chirography was as steady and
firm as II they were merely inditing letter or
article TO the Alarm or Arbeiter ZeitHpg Not
q tremor could be detected in one Of the char
acters
Atsi5 Deputy Sheriff Burke came out and
announced that all who had passes to witness
the hanging must now give them up. The re-
quest was comphed with by the two-score re-
pOrters and others who were them present
Though the execution, it was understood, would
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nouncement was looked upon pretty sig
nifcant hint that the awful hour was very close
at hand.
Ats 3, a. m Chief Deputy Gleason arrived
with the fatal documents authorizing the exc
cution.
About O'Clock bailiff came in and told the
Sheriff that Mrs. Parsons desired admission to
see her husband, but the Sheriff could not per-
init her to Como in ut that time.
At the same time u letter was received at the
Jail postmarked New York, and addressed
"Breuthers Spies, Lingg, und Comrades, Chica-
60 Jail, and one from Madison. Wis. address ed
10 The Condemned Anarchists" Both letters
were sent TO the men.
At94l o'clock a crowd of women dressed in
deep mourning, accompanied by two children
also in black, marched down Clark street to the
ropes across Michigan street aud asked the Of
ficer at Michigan str set to be allowed to 90 into
the Jail. The crowd included Mrs. Parsons,
Mrs. Engel. Mrs. Fisher. Lnggs sweetheart,
Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Spies. Miss Spios, and a
number of their female friends. and the chill
dren were the son and daughter Of A. II. Par
sons
The policeman told them his orders-that
they could not advance-and they moved on to
Illinois street. where they repeated their de-
mand to Capt. Htrbhard and Lieut. Fitzpatrick
The same thing was told them by these officers,
and all except Mrs. Holmes and Mrs Parsons
moved away. Mrs. Holmes denounced the
execution as murder and tho policemen as
murderers Mrs. Parsons continued to beseech
and demand admission, end the police cont /
ued obdurate. At 10 O'CLOCK she was still on
hand, but under the closest surveillance
Crowds were not allowed 90 stand Throngs